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Pointillist Trees

A colorful pointillist painting of a brown tree and yellow sun with blue and green dots scattered across a white background.

A pointillist painting of a tree with colorful foliage under a moonlit night sky, surrounded by a golden field and abstract shapes.

A child's painting of two pointillist trees with brown trunks and blue leaves.

A child's vibrant painting features a large tree, blue sky, and greenery with a brown monkey hanging from a branch.  
The 3/4s painted Pointillist Trees.  They have studied trees in Science.  We learned about the artist Georges Seurat by reading Scholastic Art magazine.  Students identified and described Pointillist paintings.   They created a Pointillist painting of trees showing dimension and form by color mixing.  Tips:  use the back end of the paintbrush, a q-tip or a small brush.  Keep the size of the paper small (9×12″ is plenty).

A pointillist painting of people relaxing on a lawn near a river with trees; there are umbrellas and a black dog.


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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

One Response to Pointillist Trees

  1. Jacquelien says:

    These are really pointillistic artworks, great! Students did'nt outline their trees with dots (many students do!), that's why these are so great I think! Real pointillism. My compliments!

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